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Brain Shaman
Brain Shaman is a philosophical and scientific journey towards better brain health. Michael Waite discusses how you can change your brain state and overall nervous system via behavior, nutrition, nature, and technology. Mental illness, addiction, and low brain function are destroying so many people and societies. By becoming increasingly disconnected from our natural mind-body-world and plugged into the artificial ones, we are getting sicker, weaker, and less free. We must become more conscious of how the information that we consume (in the form of action, food, drugs, sensory input, media, etc.) affects our brain. This podcast teaches you how to reconnect with your primordial nature, reprogram your brain, regain your freedom, and redirect your life.
Brain Shaman
Arik Kershenbaum: The Evolution of Communication in Animals and Humans | Episode 115
In this episode, I talk with Cambridge zoologist Arik Kershenbaum about why communication evolved in animals and humans. We explore how social structure, status, needs, movement, distance, environment, emotions, sense of self and other, theory of mind, genetic relatedness, technology, ideas, words, language, and the senses shape the way we communicate.
We also discuss interspecies communication, pets, plants, gossip, names, autism, mental illness, other minds, information media (books, radio, etc.), language breakdown, variation in language abilities, fighting, isolation, and anthropomorphism.
Learn more about how wolves, dolphins, parrots, hyraxes, gibbons, chimpanzees, humans, and other species communicate in Arik’s latest book, Why Animals Talk.
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BOOKS
- Alex and Me by Irene Pepperberg
- Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
- The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy by Arik Kershenbaum
- Why Animals Talk by Arik Kershenbaum
PAPERS
- Epiphenomenal Qualia by Frank Jackson
- What Is It Like to Be a Bat? by Thomas Nagel
PEOPLE
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Search "Arik Kershenbaum" to find his books, podcast interviews, TV appearances, and more.
